Steve Ballmer’s tearful goodbye to Microsoft

Say what you will about Steve Ballmer as a CEO. But you can’t deny that the longtime Microsoft chief has got heart.

In an emotional send-off to the company he was a part of for more than three decades, Ballmer delivered a tearful goodbye speech at Microsoft’s annual employee meeting, held in Seattle’s KeyArena and attended by more than 13,000 staff (with another 25,000 tuning in via Webcast).

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“Soak it in,” Ballmer said in his heartfelt speech to employees. “You work for the greatest company in the world.”